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may 10, 1895 - Wilhelm Roentgen

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Using a CRT he observed that nearby chemicals glowed. Further experiments found very penetrating rays coming from the CRT that were not deflected by a magnetic field. He named them "X-rays".

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may 10, 1895
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~ 131 years ago